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As debate time ended for Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”, the president’s tax-cutting package moved to a special session known as vote-a-rama. 

The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said that Iran could start producing enriched uranium again “in a matter of months”. 

A Russian drone struck a residential tower in Odessa, a port city in southern Ukraine, killing two people and injuring at least 14, including three children 

The Israeli military is signaling its readiness to end the bombardment of northern Gaza after it claimed to have dismantled Hamas in that part of the besieged enclave. 

Gaza's civil defense agency says the latest Israeli strikes have killed 17 people in the Palestinian enclave. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed a vote to approve the Gaza ceasefire deal, accusing Hamas of seeking last-minute changes to the agreement. 

The bodies of four Israeli hostages who were killed while held in captivity by the militant group Hamas, have been returned from Gaza. 

The Gaza ceasefire deal looks to be going ahead after the Israeli Prime Minister confirmed an agreement has been reached with Hamas. 

An IDF inquiry into the killing of 15 emergency workers in Gaza last month found a series of professional failures, but says six of those killed were Hamas members. Also: Russia’s brief Easter truce with Ukraine has ended. 

On 11/28/24, despite warnings by the international community against such a step, Israel’s Knesset voted overwhelmingly to adopt two laws that effectively ban the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA), the UN agency that has served the needs of Palestinian refugees since 194 ... Show More

Israel admits responsibility for an attack on an ambulance outside a Gaza hospital saying it was being used by Hamas. As the Israeli forces pound Gaza from the air and on the ground, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists there will be no ceasefire until Hamas hostages are fre ... Show More

Israel's prime minister Netanyahu says Hamas will pay price for "cruel and evil" violation of ceasefire after tests showed body returned from Gaza was not hostage Shiri Bibas. Also: cure for childhood blindness. 

Hamas says it has delivered a "positive response" to mediators on Gaza ceasefire proposal - but wants guarantee that Israel's bombardment will not resume. Also: President Trump signs flagship tax package into law.